Cheese

Aged for 2 years which is the max the affineur will allow. The enormous wheels of raw cows' milk have a firm texture, leaving flavors that can range from dense (smoke and onions), to sweeter, with notes of chocolate and hazelnuts. Read More

An old fashioned farmer co-op and a cheesemaker with 40 years of experience in Wisconsin makes this old favorite a hit again, with its extra creaminess and touch of tang. Cheese for the masses indeed. Read More

This is a New World spin on Manchego, classic of the Old World. Same nutty, rich profile and sweet, mellow finish - but made with cow's milk from Wisconsin's dairymen. 2011 American Cheese Society Winner Read More

Sartori SarVecchio wraps a feel good story about the American Worker in its nutty, caramelly parmesan-esque flavor- a combination that keeps us coming back for more. After a notable cheese giant decided to close the Antigo, Wisconsin plant that produced its most flavorful (perhaps ONLY flavorful) cheese, workers pooled their resources, bought the plant, and showed the big guy that Americans could handle cheese with incredible flavor that didn’t come in a can. Read More

This year-old gouda has it all: the dense creamy paste of a younger cheese, and the developed beefy-butterscotchy flavor and light crunch of something much older. Leaves little to be desired, save your favorite beverage pairing. Read More

If fresh mozzarella is the cheese you can’t wait to take home to Mom, Mozzarella di Bufala is the one you’ll feel compelled to marry on the spot. Carefully crafted from the milk of water buffalo-- the richest milk in the cheesemaking arsenal, with more than twice as much butterfat as cow’s milk-- buffalo mozzarella is a gorgeous contradiction: at once feather-light and unmistakably rich, delicate and assertively full flavored, buttery, grassy and tangy all at once. Read More

If you like your blues as creamy as can be, look no further. That knobby grey rind adds another layer of complexity to the triple-cream wonderland underneath. Evenly distributed blue veining means pleasant, but not overwhelming, blue flavor. Read More